FPS Russia is at it again...

[ghettodub]

Lucky basterd...

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[Ronin13]

Bad. Ass. Shit.
Although I've heard with the minigun that under sustained fire you can severely damage the internal mechanisms from all the heat being produced.

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

I fucking love this guy beeches

[Mazin]

Is it just me or did anyone else pop a chub?

Thats was badass, what would even be better is it mounted to my F150.

[Ronin13]

Is it just me or did anyone else pop a chub?

Thats was badass, what would even be better is it mounted to my F150.

It's not an F-150, but this is some wood inspiring action right here! Mahogany!
http://www.goddesssophiawalker.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mini-gun.jpg

[Mazin]

Thats almost pure sexyness right there (sorry I'm a ford guy).

[ray1970]

It's not an F-150, but this is some wood inspiring action right here! Mahogany!
http://www.goddesssophiawalker.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mini-gun.jpg

I'm just guessing he doesn't have too many tailgaters. [Coffee]

[Ronin13]

We should have a sticky thread that contains awesome pics like that... we could call it "Gun Pr0n!"

[kwando]

as much as i hate wasting ammo... that is awesome!

[mevshooter]

as much as i hate wasting ammo... that is awesome!

Don't think of it as wasting ammo... think of it as ensuring the continued economic future of the firearm and ammunition industries.

Really... you're being the solution.

We should all thank you.

Now... go buy that mini gun and let us all have a turn.

Think of the children!

Or some crap like that.

[El Caballo Loco]

Bad. Ass. Shit.
Although I've heard with the minigun that under sustained fire you can severely damage the internal mechanisms from all the heat being produced.

I've spent a lot of time in a turret behind the Mk49 system and I've never witnessed this. Sustained fire in any automatic weapons system, overtime, can be detrimental to the internals but the mini is a stout weapon. I've ran the barrels until they were glowing before and never had an issue. I believe a/the barrel(s) will go before anything else and I think this is what our Crane trainers have said as well.

In a combat zone if the mini is going hard you are in deep shit. The boogers in Iraq and Afghanistan have somewhat gotten used to the sound of a M2 which used to make them cower.

You have to be going against some hardened, well-trained boogers for them to stand up to the sound of a mini much less the actual sight of the weapon and destruction itself. The mini is usually a fight finisher if nothing else.

[El Caballo Loco]

Bad. Ass. Shit.
Although I've heard with the minigun that under sustained fire you can severely damage the internal mechanisms from all the heat being produced.

Let me go by saying that all my experience is with the newer titanium cored MK44. Crane took over the mini-guns from Dillon and now supports them. There could have been a lot more issues with the old M134 Dillon guns. There was some changes but I'm not sure what.

A member of a SPB team or a SOF door gunner will definitely know more.

[El Caballo Loco]

Also, just to throw this out there, the "aircraft configuration" of the mini-gun fires 4k a minute. The turret mounted vehicular system fires 3k a minute. I don't know about the boats.

[jmg8550]

I thought only the Titanium M134's fired at 4000 rounds per minute, and the normal ones fired at 3000.

And since when did Dillon stop the mini gun program? I thought they were the premier manufacturer of these.

[El Caballo Loco]

I may have this wrong but I believe Crane, contracted to SOCOM started supporting the Mini-gun systems as they already supported a multitude of special operations weapons systems. That may just be for the Army. I was still ordering parts from Dillon in May to include dummy rounds, the 500rd. cans and non-swing arm mounts for the 240s, as well as their 240 cradles. Anything mini-gun related got cancelled. We had to go through Crane for it.

Our two systems down range had titanium cores according to our Crane dudes that came out every once in a while to make sure we weren't creating extra work for them. Haha. I was always under the impression that the fire rate was controlled via the GCU and Gun Drive Motor as well. I know there is a shit-ton of different variants of these things floating around out there. We had barrel braces for the aircraft set-up we couldn't use as well as some other odds and ends from different set-ups.

I could be wrong. I was just a proficient user of the system, not one well-informed on the history or the different set-ups. Most everything technical I learned from our Crane reps.

I have some TMs and power points on the girl that I'll dig into this weekend.

[Byte Stryke]

Is it just me or did anyone else pop a chub?

Thats was badass, what would even be better is it mounted to my F150.




I got wood


:D

[Jer]

Winning!

[opie011]

This dude either has the worlds coolest job or is filthy freaking rich!!

[Veritas]

I've always wondered what would've happened it the military had embraced and perfected mini gun technology earlier--say during WWII. I mean the gatlin gun had been around since the end of the Civil War. Imagine a half dozen of these on each US ship off or Okinawa.

[sabot_round]

It's not an F-150, but this is some wood inspiring action right here! Mahogany!
http://www.goddesssophiawalker.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mini-gun.jpg

Why did you crop off the web address from the picture??
www.major-malfunction.com (http://www.major-malfunction.com)[PoPo]

[Lex_Luthor]

That kid is a lucky bastard. That would be a lot of fun!